Author: Slicing Up Eyeballs

Out this week: Teardrop Explodes, Cowboy Junkies, Chapterhouse, Tommy Stinson, Lloyd Cole

Out this week: Teardrop Explodes, Cowboy Junkies, Chapterhouse, Tommy Stinson, Lloyd Cole

This week sees the release of new box sets celebrating The Teardrop Explodes and Chapterhouse, plus new albums from Tommy Stinson and Cowboy Junkies.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (5/28/23)

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (5/28/23)

“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian, airs 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern every Sunday on Sirius XM satellite radio’s 1st Wave.

Photos: The Sisters of Mercy bring their first U.S. tour in 15 years to Hollywood

Photos: The Sisters of Mercy bring their first U.S. tour in 15 years to Hollywood

The Sisters of Mercy played two shows at the Hollywood Palladium this month as part of the band’s first U.S. tour in 15 years. Here are photos from Kevin Estrada.

The Pretenders prep new album “Relentless” — hear first single “Let the Sun Come In”

The Pretenders prep new album “Relentless” — hear first single “Let the Sun Come In”

The Pretenders will release their 14th studio album later this summer, and Chrissie Hynde and Co. are previewing the set with first single “Let the Sun Come In.”

Photos: The Cure bring their "Songs of a Lost World" to the iconic Hollywood Bowl

Photos: The Cure bring their “Songs of a Lost World” to the iconic Hollywood Bowl

Concert photographer Kevin Estrada, fresh off chronicling Love and Rockets’ live return at the Cruel World festival, documented The Cure’s second Hollywood Bowl concert.

The Chills' out-of-print debut "Brave Words" to receive remastered, expanded reissue

The Chills’ out-of-print debut “Brave Words” to receive remastered, expanded reissue

Fire Records this October will release a remastered, remixed and expanded 2LP vinyl reissue of New Zealand indie-pop legends The Chills’ long-out-of-print 1987 debut Brave Words.

The Dead Milkmen debut “Philadelphia Femdom” — off upcoming “Quaker City Quiet Pills”

The Dead Milkmen debut “Philadelphia Femdom” — off upcoming “Quaker City Quiet Pills”

The Dead Milkmen this week released the second single off their first new album in nearly a decade, “Philadelphia Femdom,” a song the band calls a “BDSM nightmare.”